Porcupine Puffer (L) Diodon holocanthus
This popular species makes a comical and personable pet. It quickly learns to associate its keeper with food and will come out and beg whenever the aquarist is near. Can be hand fed but beware as is jaws can deliver a painful bite. May nip fishes in its tank and may attempt to consume smaller, active fishes. May be kept in pairs or groups. This species is nocturnal and may spend most of the day hiding under a ledge or in a crevice. Like other puffers is it prone to ich.
Feed a varied diet of meaty foods, including chopped shrimp, squid, clams, enriched krill and fish, as well as preparations for herbivores.
Size: 11.8 inches
Area of Collection: Circumtropical
Reef Suitability: Good
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